Mediterranean sapropels are layers with elevated organic carbon concentrations that
contrast with surrounding sediments, which are organic poor. Sapropels occur (quasi-) …

Marine sediments record paleoenvironmental changes over time through variations in major
and trace element concentrations. The main objective of this paper is to review such …

The purpose of this book is to provide timely and comprehensive information on extant
planktic foraminifers. This book is based on 'Modern Planktonic Foraminifera'published by …

The Mediterranean basin is sensitive to global sea-level changes and African monsoon
variability on orbital timescales. Both of these processes are thought to be important to the …

Abstract Study region Africa Study focus African rainfall shows significant year-to-year
natural fluctuations that in part are linked to teleconnections associated with modes of …

There is great uncertainty over the timing and magnitude of the termination of the African
Humid Period (AHP). Spanning from the early to middle Holocene, the AHP was a period of …

Integration of foraminiferal and geochemical data (stable isotope and elemental
composition) from West Alboran Basin (WAB) ODP Site 976 allowed evaluation of the effects …

The Nile Basin contains a record of human activities spanning the last million years.
However, the interactions between prehistoric humans and environmental changes in this …

There is strong proxy and model evidence of precession-and obliquity-induced changes in
the freshwater budget over the Mediterranean Sea and its borderlands, yet explanations for …

It has long been known that extreme changes in North African hydroclimate occurred during
the late Pleistocene yet many discrepancies exist between sites regarding the timing …